--The Arizona Republic's Gintonio has a detailed Q&A with Phoenix reserve Channing Frye, with topics including Game 6, being a father, his future with the Suns and how he broke out of his shooting slump.

Tweet of the Day: "Kobe Bryant's averages in the PHX series: 33 ppg, 9.6 assists, 7.4 rebounds. Arguably best overall series of his career-and it's not over" - LAIreland (KCAL-9 and 710 ESPN's John Ireland).

Reader Comment of the Day: "I am extremely glad Thriller is a Laker and my "sense" tells me that he is one of those players that is driven more by instinct than intellect in playing his game. The value of instinct is that it works much more quickly (and reactively) than intellect. Thereby producing the extraordinary results of "How did he do that?" Because it seems so in the moment that it appears impossible to be "thought out."
The downside of instinct is sometimes it leads one to do things that are simply boneheaded (like take risks when you should be using the shot clock to minimize an opponent's statistical liklihood to be able to make a shot to tie the game and take it into overtime.) In any case, I think the biggest "issue" with the Lakers and Thriller is that Thriller is above all a tremendously competitive and aggressive player and we have moved him into a quasi-submissive position as a "role player." Well, that's not RON, that'll NEVER be RON. At the same time, Thriller is such a decent guy and good teammate who wants to win that he is willing to submit to that role... even though it feels totally unnatural for him. Another reason why we should cheer for him." -- Jon K

--Mark Medina

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